
The author taking in the view from the Skyway track on Grand Mesa. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
All it takes is a few inches of snow beneath your long, skinny, fiberglass feet.

Telluride Ski Patrol’s Kim Richard leading Bee on an avalanche rescue drill on North Chute last season, after Bee had dug the photographer out of a snow cave.
Bee is one of five rescue dogs that call the Telluride Ski Resort’s slopes home; dogs who play a unique and vital role in mountain rescue and safety education efforts in the Telluride community.

This page: First-time ice climber Samantha Wright got into the swing of things at the Ouray Ice Park, thanks to some expert guidance from San Juan Mountain Guides. (Photo by Nate Disser)
I’m glad to have these metal claws attached to my feet, as I belly up to a slick wall of ice in the Uncompahgre Gorge for my very first ice-climbing lesson.

The author taking in the view from the Skyway track on Grand Mesa. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
All it takes is a few inches of snow beneath your long, skinny, fiberglass feet.

Telluride Ski Patrol’s Kim Richard leading Bee on an avalanche rescue drill on North Chute last season, after Bee had dug the photographer out of a snow cave.
Bee is one of five rescue dogs that call the Telluride Ski Resort’s slopes home; dogs who play a unique and vital role in mountain rescue and safety education efforts in the Telluride community.

This page: First-time ice climber Samantha Wright got into the swing of things at the Ouray Ice Park, thanks to some expert guidance from San Juan Mountain Guides. (Photo by Nate Disser)
I’m glad to have these metal claws attached to my feet, as I belly up to a slick wall of ice in the Uncompahgre Gorge for my very first ice-climbing lesson.

